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Illinois Scientists Tracking the Movement of the Gulf Coast Tick.

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Kevin Boucher

Published February 23, 2021 at 10:57 AM CST

Photos of male and female Gulf Coast Ticks

Researchers in Illinois are studying the spread of the Gulf Coast Tick. A traditionally southern species which can spread disease.

On this edition of WSIU InFocus, we visit with Holly Tuten, a Vector Ecologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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